Middle East

Ankara - Some 46 Turkish military personnel have been killed and 225 others wounded in the 58-day long operation 'Olive Branch', the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces announced Sunday. The Turkish army units and militants of the so-called Free Army of Syria occupied the northern Syrian ...

JERUSALEM: Israel said on Monday it had arrested a French citizen, an employee of France’s consulate in Jerusalem, on suspicion of using a diplomatic car to smuggle guns from the Islamist Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Held since Feb 15, Romain Franck is ...

RIYADH- Captain Abdul Khaliq Ali Al-Qahtani, the Spokesman of the Directorate of Civil Defence in the Saudi city of Najran, has announced that a Saudi citizen was wounded after the fall of fragments of a military projectile fired by Houthi from Yemeni territory on Sunday. The Saudi Press Agency, ...

RIYADH- For decades, Saudi Arabia has been known as a hardline Islamic country with a poor human rights track record and an abysmal approach to women's rights. The wheel of change though has reached the country and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is driving the country towards ...

*WASHINGTON: *Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman is set to meet with US President Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday. Mutual rival Iran will be high on the agenda, but the 32-year-old strongman prince will also be looking to showcase his sweeping changes to Saudi society and an ...

In Syria, government forces have captured the town of Kafr Batna and large parts of nearby Saqba in eastern Ghouta. The new push by the government forces has squeezed the rebels in a small corner. The capture of Kafr Batna and Saqba is a major blow to the rebels since they were among their largest ...

Turkish-backed forces have taken total control of the centre of Afrin from Kurdish fighters in northern Syria. A statement released by the Turkish army has also confirmed that the city centre was under control. Earlier, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaking at a ...

RIYADH: The lights dimmed, the conductor emerged and the nearly full house applauded as he stood before the orchestra. Then the lights went up and the cast appeared on stage in historical Arab garb. "My love, speak to me in a poem," sang the female lead, opening an opera about racism, war and ...

JERUSALEM - *Israeli jets have carried out several airstrikes in the Gaza Strip just hours after its tanks targeted Palestinian Hamas resistance movement positions in the coastal sliver.* During the Saturday night airstrikes a factory and several buildings belonging to Hamas were targeted by the ...

JERUSALEM - *The Czech Republic is under pressure from Israel to follow in US steps and move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem al-Quds, Israel’s Channel 10 has reported.* The broadcaster cited a classified cable by Israel’s Ambassador to Prague Daniel Meron, saying that Israeli pressures ...